Error: Could not parse application options: invalid option: --manifestdir

[LukaszWiktor]

When I executed the vagrant up command it ended with an error:

Error: Could not parse application options: invalid option: --manifestdir

How can I fix it?

Full log is here:

Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Box 'trusty64' could not be found. Attempting to find and install...
    default: Box Provider: virtualbox
    default: Box Version: >= 0
==> default: Box file was not detected as metadata. Adding it directly...
==> default: Adding box 'trusty64' (v0) for provider: virtualbox
    default: Downloading: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1
    default: Progress: 100% (Rate: 1170k/s, Estimated time remaining: --:--:--)
==> default: Successfully added box 'trusty64' (v0) for 'virtualbox'!
==> default: Importing base box 'trusty64'...
==> default: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> default: Setting the name of the VM: piwik-dev-environment_default_1438688840836_21904
==> default: Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
    default: Adapter 1: nat
    default: Adapter 2: hostonly
==> default: Forwarding ports...
    default: 22 => 2222 (adapter 1)
==> default: Running 'pre-boot' VM customizations...
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
    default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
    default: SSH username: vagrant
    default: SSH auth method: private key
    default: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
    default:
    default: Vagrant insecure key detected. Vagrant will automatically replace
    default: this with a newly generated keypair for better security.
    default:
    default: Inserting generated public key within guest...
    default: Removing insecure key from the guest if it's present...
    default: Key inserted! Disconnecting and reconnecting using new SSH key...
==> default: Machine booted and ready!
==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM...
==> default: Setting hostname...
==> default: Configuring and enabling network interfaces...
==> default: Mounting shared folders...
    default: /vagrant => D:/Git/piwik-dev-environment
    default: /etc/puppet/files => D:/Git/piwik-dev-environment/puppet/files
    default: /home/vagrant/www => D:/Git/piwik-dev-environment/www
    default: /tmp/vagrant-puppet/modules-48bf73244a40076992a5cef90c07f471 => D:/Git/piwik-dev-environment/puppet/modules
    default: /tmp/vagrant-puppet/manifests-768747907b90c39ab6f16fcb3320897a => D:/Git/piwik-dev-environment/puppet
==> default: Running provisioner: shell...
    default: Running: inline script
==> default: stdin: is not a tty
==> default: Reading package lists...
==> default: Building dependency tree...
==> default: Reading state information...
==> default: ruby is already the newest version.
==> default: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
==> default: Successfully installed facter-2.4.4
==> default: Successfully installed json_pure-1.8.2
==> default: Successfully installed hiera-3.0.1
==> default: Successfully installed puppet-4.2.1
==> default: 4 gems installed
==> default: Installing ri documentation for facter-2.4.4...
==> default: Installing ri documentation for json_pure-1.8.2...
==> default: Installing ri documentation for hiera-3.0.1...
==> default: Installing ri documentation for puppet-4.2.1...
==> default: Installing RDoc documentation for facter-2.4.4...
==> default: Installing RDoc documentation for json_pure-1.8.2...
==> default: Installing RDoc documentation for hiera-3.0.1...
==> default: Installing RDoc documentation for puppet-4.2.1...
==> default: Successfully installed hiera-3.0.1
==> default: 1 gem installed
==> default: Installing ri documentation for hiera-3.0.1...
==> default: Installing RDoc documentation for hiera-3.0.1...
==> default: Successfully installed hiera-1.3.4
==> default: Successfully installed hiera-puppet-1.0.0
==> default: 2 gems installed
==> default: Installing ri documentation for hiera-1.3.4...
==> default: Installing ri documentation for hiera-puppet-1.0.0...
==> default: Installing RDoc documentation for hiera-1.3.4...
==> default: Installing RDoc documentation for hiera-puppet-1.0.0...
==> default: Running provisioner: puppet...
==> default: Running Puppet with site.pp...
==> default: stdin: is not a tty
==> default: Error: Could not parse application options: invalid option: --manifestdir
The SSH command responded with a non-zero exit status. Vagrant
assumes that this means the command failed. The output for this command
should be in the log above. Please read the output to determine what
went wrong.

[leoshaw]

I had this problem, and it seems to be an incompatibility between Puppet version 4, and the Vagrant puppet provisioner.

The advice in the link below worked for me in the end: move the puppet config into an environments/test folder and specify that environment in the "puppet" provision block.

https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues/5615#issuecomment-150589920